German Chocolate Cake

Spray three 8 to 9-inch pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream sugar, butter, and egg yolks. Melt German chocolate in boiling water. Add to the creamed mixture. Sift flour and salt. Mix buttermilk and soda together. Add 1/2 flour mixture and 1/2 buttermilk mixture to the creamed mixture. Beat for two minutes. Add the rest of both flour and buttermilk mixtures. Beat for another 2 minutes. Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold these into the cake batter. Pour into the 3 prepared pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

ICING:

Heat sugar, cream, butter, and egg yolks in a saucepan. Heat until thick, stirring constantly. Add coconut, nuts, and vanilla.

When cakes cool, stack them on one another and ice all over. It is also nice to spread icing in between the cakes.

I love to eat this cake, but I also love to display this cake. I set it on a cake stand and let friends admire my work. But, it is not just pretty, it is delicious.